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The new 16th edition of Geography: Realms, Regions, Concepts maintains the quality you've come to expect from the foremost author team in geography. It continues to showcase authoritative content, outstanding cartography, currency, and flexibility in a technology-rich package. Topics range from the Arab Spring to China's aggressive expansion into surrounding regions. This new edition aims to familiarize the student with the rapidly changing world around them.Bron : http://eu.wiley.com

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Burgerschap ; Vlaanderen --- Vlaanderen ; politiek

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On January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the nation least prepared to handle one. Jonathan M. Katz, the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti, was inside his house when it buckled along with hundreds of thousands of others. In this visceral first-hand account, Katz takes readers inside the terror of that day, the devastation visited on ordinary Haitians, and through the monumental--yet misbegotten--rescue effort that followed.More than half of American adults gave money for Haiti, part of a global response that reached $16.3 billion in pledges. But three years later the effort has foundered. Its most important promises--to rebuild safer cities, alleviate severe poverty, and strengthen Haiti to face future disasters--remain unfulfilled. How did so much generosity amount to so little ? What went wrong ?The Big Truck That Went By presents a hard hitting investigation into international aid, finding that the way wealthy countries give today makes poor countries seem irredeemably hopeless, while trapping millions in cycles of privation and catastrophe. Katz follows the money to uncover startling truths about how good intentions go wrong, and what can be done to make aid "smarter."Reporting at the side of Bill Clinton, Wyclef Jean, Sean Penn, Haiti's leaders and people, Katz also creates a complex, darkly funny, and unexpected portrait of one of the world's most fascinating countries. The Big Truck That Went By is not only a definitive account of Haiti's earthquake, but of the world we live in today.Bron : http://www.palgrave.com

Haïti --- Rampen --- Fondsenwerving --- Politiek --- Liefdadigheid --- Buitenlandse politiek --- Ramp --- Maatschappij --- Film

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A bold rethinking of the most powerful political idea in the world -democracy-and the story of how radical democracy can yet transform America.Democracy has been the American religion since before the Revolution - from New England town halls to the multicultural democracy of Atlantic pirate ships. But can our current political system, one that seems responsive only to the wealthiest among us and leaves most Americans feeling disengaged, voiceless, and disenfranchised, really be called democratic? And if the tools of our democracy are not working to solve the rising crises we face, how can we - average citizens - make change happen?David Graeber, one of the most influential scholars and activists of his generation, takes readers on a journey through the idea of democracy, provocatively reorienting our understanding of pivotal historical moments, and extracts their lessons for today- from the birth of Athenian democracy and the founding of the United States of America to the global revolutions of the twentieth century and the rise of a new generation of activists. Underlying it all is a bracing argument that in the face of increasingly concentrated wealth and power in this country, a reenergized, reconceived democracy - one based on consensus, equality, and broad participation - can yet provide us with the just, free, and fair society we want.The Democracy Project tells the story of the resilience of the democratic spirit and the adaptability of the democratic idea. It offers a fresh take on vital history and an impassioned argument that radical democracy is, more than ever, our best hope.Bron : http://www.amazon.com

Democratie --- Verenigde Staten --- Politiek --- Politieke geschiedenis --- Geschiedenis --- Buitenlandse politiek

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Hoe wereldwijde machtsverhoudingen kantelen, is te zien in Afrika. Afrika verandert van een afgeschreven werelddeel in een opkomend continent. De witte man is nergens meer en snapt te weinig van Afrika; door dit onbegrip had hulp vaak minder succes dan mogelijk. Wie wat met Afrika wil, moet weten hoe het er werkt. Bron : http://www.debezigebij.nl

Afrika --- Cultuursociologie --- Politiek --- Economie --- Internationalisering